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  • 1.1 Housing : I have been refused accommodation because I was a foreigner

    25 40.32%
  • 1.2 Housing : My company provides my accommodation (so no problem)

    9 14.52%
  • 1.3 Housing : I have only stayed at gaijin houses, hotels or friends' houses

    9 14.52%
  • 1.4 Housing : I have lived in Japan for many years, rented my housing via a estate agent, and never had any problem

    4 6.45%
  • 1.5 Housing : I have only stayed in Japan for two years or less, rented my housing via a estate agent, but never had any problem

    9 14.52%
  • 2.1 Tourism : I have been refused entry to a hotel, guesthouse or weekly mansion because I was a foreigner

    6 9.68%
  • 2.2 Tourism : I have stayed a few times in hotels, guesthouses and/or weekly mansions and have never been refused entry

    19 30.65%
  • 2.3 Tourism : I have stayed numerous times in hotels, guesthouses and/or weekly mansions and have never been refused entry

    25 40.32%
  • 3.1 Entertainment : I have been refused entry to at least one restaurant, bar, nightclub, onsen or public bath because I was a foreigner

    16 25.81%
  • 3.2 Entertainment : I have been a few times to restaurants, bars, nightclubs, onsen or public baths, and was never refused entry

    15 24.19%
  • 3.3 Entertainment : I have been a hundreds of times to restaurants, bars, nightclubs, onsen or public baths, and was never refused entry

    22 35.48%
  • 4.1 Police : I have been stopped and asked for an ID (passport/alien registration) by the police for no reason

    12 19.35%
  • 4.2 Police : I have been stopped while riding a bicycle and had my bike registration checked during day time for no reason

    3 4.84%
  • 4.3 Police : I have been stopped while riding a bicycle and had my bike registration checked during night time for no reason

    4 6.45%
  • 4.4 Police : I have been mistakenly arrested (taken to the police station)

    1 1.61%
  • 4.5 Police : I have had other discriminatory problems with the police

    4 6.45%
  • 4.6 Police : I have stayed for many years in Japan and have never been checked or annoyed by the police in Japan

    15 24.19%
  • 4.7 Police : I have stayed less than 2 years in Japan and have never been checked or annoyed by the police in Japan

    24 38.71%
  • 5.1 Sexual Discrimination : I have experienced sexual harassment in Japan

    7 11.29%
  • 5.2 Sexual Discrimination : I have experienced sexual discrimination regarding promotion, salary or opportunity

    4 6.45%
  • 5.3 Sexual Discrimination : I am not a woman or have never worked in a Japanese company

    39 62.90%
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    Oh boy, is this going to start up again?

    Please try not to let your prejudices about the police poison your interaction with them, Reyter. Being a dick makes people think you have something to hide. If you want to report something (like this murder), please do so without any disparaging comments about the police who are doing their job by investigating this horrific crime. It'd also be nice if you'd refrain from assuming that they're just going to target foreigners. Not everyone is out to get you, don't be so paranoid.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nice gaijin View Post
    Oh boy, is this going to start up again?

    Please try not to let your prejudices about the police poison your interaction with them, Reyter. Being a dick makes people think you have something to hide. If you want to report something (like this murder), please do so without any disparaging comments about the police who are doing their job by investigating this horrific crime. It'd also be nice if you'd refrain from assuming that they're just going to target foreigners. Not everyone is out to get you, don't be so paranoid.
    Not unless somebody else wants to step in and put him in his place. He is speaking out of pure conjecture now, and he just sounds silly. So I'm pretty sure only people with IQs below about 70 will think that there is any credit to the BS he spits out, so I am done dealing with him. He is gonna rant and rave like a loon and just won't realize that his problems stem from himself. Hopefully he will figure it out soon that he just needs to leave Japan if his imaginary fascists here are just too much for him to bear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nice gaijin View Post
    Oh boy, is this going to start up again?

    Please try not to let your prejudices about the police poison your interaction with them, Reyter. Being a dick makes people think you have something to hide. If you want to report something (like this murder), please do so without any disparaging comments about the police who are doing their job by investigating this horrific crime. It'd also be nice if you'd refrain from assuming that they're just going to target foreigners. Not everyone is out to get you, don't be so paranoid.
    I am not paranoid at all and I have nothing to hide which is why I get pissed off when the police stop me for no reason other than having white skin. You call it "being a dick" but I can't understand how anyone would react any less agitated than myself. If one were to stop talking and start throwing punches, I understand it would be extremely unwise but I could understand and sympathize with that person.

    For anyone to just accept it brings nothing but self-loathing, masochism and other undesirable qualities to my mind.

    I don't really have a problem with police. I wouldn't say I generally "like them" but I have never had any major problems with them until some of them started getting in my face just because I have white skin. That is to say; I only have a problem with Japanese police.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reyter View Post
    I don't really have a problem with police. I wouldn't say I generally "like them" but I have never had any major problems with them until some of them started getting in my face just because I have white skin. That is to say; I only have a problem with Japanese police.
    And because of your perceived discrimination at the hands of the Japanese police, you are now willing to be prejudiced against them all...

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    Quote Originally Posted by nice gaijin View Post
    And because of your perceived discrimination at the hands of the Japanese police, you are now willing to be prejudiced against them all...
    Hmmmmm Good point. Not much I can say except for that is an absolute cop-out! You know as well as I that police harassment of foreigners doesn't occur in some "isolated incidents" but on the contrary, is a concerted policy!

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